diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d73b7711f0f1228cc6c76a0ae9f5abf3bb21ccbd..29cd543254733c7c2a8ddae5706a68c8097c8f4c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3183,7 +3183,7 @@ case "x$am_cv_prog_cc_stdc" in
 esac
 
 if test "X${am_cv_prog_cc_stdc}" = "Xno" ; then
-	{ echo "configure: error: OpenLDAP requires compiler to support STDC prototypes." 1>&2; exit 1; }
+	{ echo "configure: error: OpenLDAP requires compiler to support STDC constructs." 1>&2; exit 1; }
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 1d58306b8853c2bc2356d9fd17b661f4ba4e8900..b30e485fa3a39e9c20a583211ff1d412c8c37691 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED( EXEEXT, "${EXEEXT}", [defined to be the EXE extension])
 dnl OpenLDAP requires STDC features
 AM_PROG_CC_STDC
 if test "X${am_cv_prog_cc_stdc}" = "Xno" ; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([OpenLDAP requires compiler to support STDC prototypes.])
+	AC_MSG_ERROR([OpenLDAP requires compiler to support STDC constructs.])
 fi
 
 dnl AM_C_PROTOTYPES